Metropolitan Museum of Art

By now, we’ve surveyed the fall landscape in New York City, and we’ve seen enough to confidently air some complaints about that. If this tells you anything, Jen and Paul’s bus tour, which drives around mocking Chelsea, tops our list.

And among the other gems: a reconstruction of a 2007 installation by the late Jason Rhoades; Regina Rex’s new Manhattan gallery; and a show by Sadie Benning. And surprisingly, Paddy Johnson likes the Dan Graham pavilion on the Met’s rooftop. Those, and other redeeming shows, after the jump!

Carol Vogel, plagiarist? First, Fishbowl NY reported that part of her lede for a story on Piero di Cosimo appeared to be taken from his Wikipedia entry, which was last modified in May. Now, Dan Duray has gone and found a few other instances where Vogel may have lifted from other sources—but as Tyler Green and Kriston Capps have noted on Twitter, these other examples seem to be a bit more questionable. Still, Green hopes that this will cause people to rethink the “stenographic ‘model’” of art writing. [ARTnews]

More neoliberal platitudes from Jeff Koons, this time on Charlie Rose. Jeff Koons has been so thoroughly mined that this interview appears to have pretty much nothing new to say. “Is it a thing, or is it just simply many things?” Rose asks. “Are you waiting, are you inspired, or do you just have something that’s been there, that you just can’t wait to get on with the creation, and you know what it is?” This coverage is getting really out of control. [Hyperallergic]

“We are all daughters of Suzy Lake.” That’s curator Georgiana Uhlyarik on the influential Toronto conceptual artist and photographer; she will get a retrospective at the Art Gallery of Toronto this year. Lake’s early work was part of the WACK! feminist survey, and the show hopes to reaffirm her importance to generations of female artists. [The Star]

What do Lou Reed, Julian Schnabel, and the creator of Flinstones vitamins have in common? The same musical dog trainer; Elizabeth Weiss teaches dogs to “play” the piano. [New York Magazine]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art President Emily K. Rafferty will step down next spring. She was the first woman appointed to the position. “There’s no hidden agenda here — nothing anybody should be looking for,” she said in a statement to the New York Times. “It is completely my decision.” [The New York Times]

Does anybody remember how and when the art PR business boom took off? We’re getting announcements about galleries’ hangings of a single new painting. [Our inboxes]

Where does Mel Bochner find words for his word-paintings? Why, Roget’s Thesaurus, of course. [e-flux]

The online art market is worth either $1.57 billion or $3.47 billion, if you believe one of these two reports. [artnet news]

The Tribeca Film Festival is over, but you can watch some of the short films online. [Tribeca Film Festival]

Adjunct professors have it rough. On the Fugitive Faculty blog, Miranda Merklein gives 10 tips to full-time professors on how they can improve relationships with their part-time colleagues. The tips are saddening, like “Stop advising us to quit our jobs.” [Fugitive Faculty via @CollegeArt]

Tyler Green cries conflict of interest again, this time on the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, which will be showing Norman Rockwell’s “The Rookie (Red Sox Locker Room)” before its anonymous owner auctions it off at Christie’s next month. Green feels that the MFA’s acting as an auction house showroom. Eh. See it on a free admission day. [The Boston Globe, Tyler Green]

Another conflict of interest story, and flagrant backroom dealing: The Northampton town council made a deal with Lord Northampton to sell off one of an Egyptian statue, which the Lord’s grandfather donated to the Northampton Museum. Valued at between £4m-£6m, Christie’s calls it “the most important Egyptian sculpture ever to come to market.” The Arts Council is threatening to discredit the Northampton Museum if it goes ahead with the sale. [The Art Newspaper]

Matthew J.X. Malady writes about how Flickr is more useful to freelancers than stock photography sites. Also great: Malady’s found photos of the first “phablet,” the original Dell Streak. Ah, a trip down memory lane. [The Awl]

Art dealer Hillel Nahmad will receive his sentencing today in Manhattan court for his involvement in a gambling ring. In lieu of prison time, his lawyers are requesting that Nahmad fund an art program for homeless youth at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [The New York Times]

Christopher Wool at the Guggenheim gets a lukewarm review from Roberta Smith. Yawn. Christopher Wool. [The New York Times]

Four shows to see in Philadelphia. The Barnes, Kaws @PAFA, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Mario Ybarra, and The Fabric Workshop and Museum. [Hyperallergic]

All’s been quiet on the Jori Finkel front. Months after the Los Angeles Times laid off Finkel, the publication’s last reporter dedicated to the visual arts, it appears she’s started covering the California museum beat for The New York Times. This week, she discusses the de Young Museum’s new VIP rate for the upcoming Hockney exhibition. [The New York Times]

“Right now, Whiteread is the most famous artist in Britain.” [Frieze Magazine]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has renegotiated its building’s lease with the city of New York, with one potentially divisive amendment: the museum now has the ability to change their admission rates without the city’s approval. [In the Air]

Second year Central St. Martin’s art student Clayton Pettet is giving up his anal virginity on stage for an art exhibition. “The key thing about performance art is that it should only be performed once, and this is the ultimate once-in-a-lifetime performance,” he told reporters. Not sure who told him that performance is a one-time gig. [Gawker]

This week’s five jobs are all about getting cozy with artists. If you want to give a boost to emerging talent, delve into the works of icons, or just commune with the ghosts of artists past, there’s something here for you to explore.

Did you beach too hard and forget to read this summer? Fear not, art lovers, for we bring you the second annual AFC Best of Summer list. We’ve brought together the blog’s greatest summer hits from staff and contributors, because, let’s face it, you might have missed out on days or weeks of AFC when you were traveling to Venice, Basel, or closer to home, the Rockaways. We’ve published some great artist essays with our STUFF series, started our “Diary of a Mad Gallery Owner” series, and continued to bring you reviews and opinion pieces. Enjoy.

Last week AFC brought you Five Jobs: Gallery Edition. This week we go institutional with full and part-time positions in NYC museums. From retail to education to curation, museums offer a myriad of different opportunities and they usually come with health benefits. Good. Take your pick.

This week we bring you assistant positions, several of which are temporary. Each one offers an opportunity to meet a wide range of coworkers in its respective institution, so even if you aren’t around for long you’ll meet a ton of important, exciting people.